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Production Monitoring Systems – Compare Solutions and Functionalities

October 16, 2020

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Production Monitoring Systems: Vendor Comparison

For the convenience of companies and decision-makers that are in the stage of canvassing in order to make a final selection of the monitoring system to use, we have prepared an overview of the most common options around. There is a lot of good stuff out there, we must say. Making a choice is not easy, therefore. On this page, we have summarized the important characteristics and different functionalities of the most common OEE software and shop-floor production monitoring systems. Extensive information is available in the downloadable PDF’s.

ITEM	M-Box	Machine Metrics	TeepTrak	Oden technologies	Blackbird	Thrive	IQMS	Sight Machine	SensrxTrx	MEMEX	GEMBO	TULIP
Price Consists of hardware and software component	$	$$$	$$	$$$	$$	$$$	$$$$	$$$$	$$$	$$$	$$	$$$
No consultancy required Can you get self started or is vendor consultancy required for setup?	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+
Installation complexity Installation of hardware and setup of the portal
Free trial account available	+	–	–	–	+	+	–	–	–	+	+	+
Job scheduling Create jobs for production orders and schedule them to your work stations for OEE monitoring per job and order	+	+	–	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+
Virtual machines Create work stations that are not monitored but to which you can schedule jobs for production order tracking	+	–	–	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+
Floorplans / Andon boards Visualize details of productivity.	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Multi language (automatic translation) Your company portal can be accessed in different languages for multi-national or multi-cultural companies. Auto translate messages, chats and comments.	+	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	+
Operator Identification Identify which operator is at each work station automatically.	+	–	+	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	+	+
Electricity consumption Monitor use and get notified of electricity waste (electricity consumption on non productive stations.	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	–
Preset Injection Moulding module Bulk upload and store all moulds, configuations, parts, materials and masterbatches into your system. Data on cycle time, open closing time, cooling time.	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Integrated project management Follow projects and orders from development to shipment with flexible task and job management via (Kanban boards) for faster turnaround and complete data on productive time of colleagues and production equipment.	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

ITEM	M-Box	MachineMetrics	TeepTrak	Oden technologies	Blackbird	Thrive	IQMS	Sight Machine	SensrxTrx	MEMEX	GEMBO	TULIP
Price Consists of hardware and software component	$	$$$	$$	$$$	$$	$$$	$$$$	$$$$	$$$	$$$	$$	$$$
No consultancy required Can you get self started or is vendor consultancy required for setup?	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+
Installation complexity Installation of hardware and setup of the portal
Free trial account available	+	–	–	–	+	+	–	–	–	+	+	+
Job scheduling Create jobs for production orders and schedule them to your work stations for OEE monitoring per job and order	+	+	–	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+
Virtual machines Create work stations that are not monitored but to which you can schedule jobs for production order tracking	+	–	–	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+
Floorplans / Andon boards Visualize details of productivity. Unlimited versions in M-Box	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Multi language (automatic translation) Your company portal can be accessed in different languages for multi-national or multi-cultural companies. Auto translate messages, chats and comments.	+	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	+
Operator Identification Identify which operator is at each work station automatically.	+	–	+	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	+	+
Electricity consumption Monitor use and get notified of electricity waste (electricity consumption on non productive stations.	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	–
Preset Injection Moulding module Bulk upload and store all moulds, configuations, parts, materials and masterbatches into your system. Data on cycle time, open closing time, cooling time.	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Integrated project management Follow projects and orders from development to shipment with flexible task and job management via (Kanban boards) for faster turnaround and complete data on productive time of colleagues and production equipment.	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–